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Impact of sex and age on carotid plaque instability in asymptomatic patients-results from the Munich Vascular Biobank

DOI

20

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0

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2016

Year

Carina Wendorff, Heiko Wendorff, Andreas Kuehnl, Pavlos Tsantilas, Michael Kallmayer, Hans‐Henning Eckstein, Jaroslav Pelisek
VASA

Abstract

Asymptomatic men had in total more frequently unstable plaques in contrast to women. Thus, male sex seems to be an additional risk factor for ischemic stroke.